A. The city shall not issue any permit to allow a cut on a public street, avenue, alley, court, place, highway or public way in the city that has been reconstructed, overlaid or sealed within the preceding five (5) years unless the director of public works determines that an emergency condition exists and the permittee complies with the following street protection provisions:
1. For emergency work involving a transverse street cut, the permittee shall grind at least one and one-half inches (1 1/2") of existing asphalt and repave a minimum distance of twenty five feet (25') from the edges of the cut from curb to curb of the street.
2. For emergency work involving a longitudinal street cut, the permittee shall grind at least one and one-half inches (1 1/2") of existing asphalt and repave from the curb to the centerline of the street for the length of the cut plus a minimum of two feet (2') on either end of the cut.
B. For purposes of this section "emergency condition" is defined to mean any the following:
1. An emergency that endangers life or property, or
2. A situation involving the interruption of an essential utility service, or
3. Work that is mandated by the city or a state or federal agency, or
4. Work necessary to provide utility service for buildings or properties where no other reasonable means of providing service exists. (Ord. 0-16-1311, 11-9-2016)